Clever Studios Contact

Independent game & software studio · Columbia, South Carolina

We build games,
systems, and worlds.

Clever Studios creates original video games, world-building technology, business software, and the infrastructure that keeps it all running.

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05 games in development02 creative tools2013 LifeEXE begins
On screen Curbside: Food Truck BossGameplay · In development Scroll to explore
GAME DEVELOPMENT WORLD BUILDING SIMULATION CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE PRODUCTS HOSTING INFRASTRUCTURE GAME DEVELOPMENT WORLD BUILDING

Original games

Different worlds.
One studio.

From running a citywide food truck operation to surviving an asymmetric hunt, our projects explore systems, stories, and places players can make their own.

Curbside: Food Truck Boss city districtIn development
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Management simulation

Curbside: Food Truck Boss

Build a food truck business from one route into a citywide operation. Choose menus, manage crews, read neighborhoods, and grow one service at a time.

City simulation · Business strategy · Single player

All games are in development, with releases planned for Steam. Explore the release plans →

The studio, in motion

Step inside what we're building.

Real development builds. Longer looks at the worlds, working systems and visual technology taking shape inside Clever Studios.

Curbside food truck parked on a city streetWatch film · 1:14 ↗

Curbside: Food Truck Boss

Inside the city, the kitchen and the business.
A native story scene from Border TrailWatch film · 2:30 ↗

Border Trail

People, places and decisions across a changing world.
Native Clever Shaders surf and shoreline foamWatch film · 0:40 ↗

Clever Shaders

Follow the surf, then explore the live wave experiment.
Perimeter's pier, waterfront and coastal skylineWatch film · 0:20 ↗

Perimeter: Security Tycoon

A native flight along the development city's waterfront.
Hunted island aerial development environmentWatch film · 0:30 ↗

Hunted

An early look at the island from above.
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Creative technology

Tools behind
the worlds.

Our internal technology grows alongside our games, helping us shape environments, lighting, weather, materials, and production workflows with more control.

Reference scene before the visual system lighting pass The same scene with Clever Shaders lighting and atmosphere ReferenceClever Shaders

Visual technology

Clever Shaders

A reusable visual system for lighting, atmosphere, materials, weather, and world presentation across our Godot projects.

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Owned software

Products built from
real operations.

Before our newest games, Clever Studios built focused software for industries with complicated day-to-day work. Those products remain an important part of our studio.

ClerkStation auction software interface

Auction operations

ClerkStation

Auction, estate sale, point-of-sale, and consignment store software built for real sale-day workflows.

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RealtySlate real estate brokerage dashboard

Real estate operations

RealtySlate

Back-office software for real estate brokerages to manage transactions, compliance, agents, and operational visibility.

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Owned infrastructure

Built here.
Hosted here.

SFXHosting provides website and WordPress hosting. VideoGame.host supports game server projects. Our infrastructure uses data centers in Dallas, Texas and Vint Hill, Virginia, giving our studio direct experience operating the systems behind digital products.

SFXHosting.com ↗VideoGame.host ↗
Dallas, TX
Central US
Vint Hill, VA
East Coast

Our origin

It started with
LifeEXE.

On October 21, 2013, LifeEXE.com became the first chapter in the Clever Studios story. What began online grew into hosting, operational software, creative technology, and original video games.

Read the origin story
  1. 2013LifeEXE beginsOur first digital platform launches.
  2. NextInfrastructure growsSFXHosting and VideoGame.host bring operations in-house.
  3. ThenSoftware takes shapeClerkStation and RealtySlate turn industry workflows into focused products.
  4. NowNew worldsGames and creative tools become the studio's next chapter.

Contact Clever Studios

Let’s talk about
what we’re building.

For product questions, game and playtest interest, hosting, press, partnerships, or support, send a note directly to our studio.

support@cleverstudios.net803-767-8727
1581 Broad River Rd
Columbia, SC 29210

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